Cuba has the peso (CUP), in which most wages are paid and local goods are priced, and the convertible peso (CUC), used in tourism, foreign trade and some stores carrying imported goods. Wyden was part of a delegation of Democratic U.S. lawmakers to Havana ...

News Cuba » Tourism: New routes out of Cuba

Very few manage to prove persecution in Cuba because of their sexual orientation or gender ... They are living on the Mediterranean coast illegally and travel from Valencia to Murcia. Aleida González Hernández, a dark-skinned 50-year-old who travelled ...

News Cuba » Tourism: Is it safe to travel to Cuba after mysterious ‘sonic weapon’ attacks?

American citizens who have been holding off on Cuba travel due to safety reasons can now reconsider planning a trip to the country. The country remains “one of the world’s safest travel destinations, a survey of U.S. travel companies by the Center for ...

News Cuba » Tourism: The Cuba of imagination and the Cuba we visited

Cuba has played a historical role for America since Teddy ... 500 pesos a month — about $20 — Cubans cannot live on what they make. The black market and tourism are vital to their getting by. (Actually, after the surge of tourism during Obama's ...

Regent Seven Seas Cruises said the Seven Seas Mariner will sail the line's first immersive Cuba itinerary next year. A cruise departing Oct. 15, 2019, will call in Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. Havana is also being added to the Seven Seas ...

On the highway leading to the town of La Conchita, tourist buses on their way to the popular holiday ... Cámara Chica was launched in Cuba four years ago by the British Council, along with the Cuban education and culture ministries and the University ...

News Cuba » Tourism: Watch: Aroldis Chapman Returns To Cuba For First Time In Eight Years

New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman was allowed to travel to Cuba for the first time in more than eight years and he received a warm welcome in his hometown of Holguin during the off-season, according to ESPN's Marly Rivera. In July 2009, Chapman ...

Verb Ballets of Cleveland, Ohio prepares to travel to Cuba on March 3, 2018 to join forces with ProDanza of Havana in an international collaboration to form the Cleveland Havana Ballet. The Cleveland Havana Ballet will debut in Cuba with a groundbreaking ...